List of Slovak poets

The following is a list of notable poets of Slovak literature.

Renaissance (1500–1650)[]

• Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
• Vavrinec Benedikt z Nedožier (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)

Baroque (1650–1780)[]

• Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)
• Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688)
• Hugolín Gavlovič (1712–1787)

Classicism (1780–1840)[]

• Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861)
• Ján Kollár (1793–1852)
• Ján Hollý (1785–1849)

Romantism (1840–1850)[]

• Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856)
• Samo Chalupka (1812–1883)
• Andrej Sládkovič (1820–1872)
• Janko Kráľ (1822–1876)
• Ján Botto (1829–1881)
• Janko Matúška (1821–1877)
• Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870)

Realism (1875–1905)[]

• Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav (1849–1921)
• Martin Kukučín (1860–1928)
• Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)
• Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951)^[1]

Modernism (1905–1918)[]

• Ivan Krasko (1876–1958)
• Janko Jesenský (1874–1945)

Between the World Wars (1918–1948)[]

• Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955)
• Martin Rázus (1888–1937)
• Maša Haľamová (1908–1995)

Surrealism[]

• Štefan Žáry (1918–2007)
• Ján Brezina (1917–1997)

Post-war period (1948–1960s)[]

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Contemporary (since the 1960s)[]

• Miroslav Válek (1927–1991)
• Milan Rúfus (1928–2009)
• Ľubomír Feldek (born 1936)
• Milan Richter (born 1948)
• Jana Kantorová-Báliková (born 1950)
• Juraj Kuniak (born 1955)
• Dana Podracká (born 1954)^[2]
• Viera Prokešová (1957–2008)^[3]
• Pavol Hudák (1959–2011)

Contemporary poetry (since 1995)[]

• Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)
• Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980)

See also[]

• List of national poetries
• Slovak prose

References[]